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The public interest is not always the same as the national interest. Going to war with people who are not our enemy in places that are not a threat doesn't make us safe, and that applies whether it's in Iraq or on the Internet. The Internet is not the enemy. Our economy is not the enemy.
— Edward Snowden
Tags: enemy, internet, people, war

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Citizens with a conscience are not going to ignore wrong-doing simply because they'll be destroyed for it: the conscience forbids it.
— Edward Snowden
Tags: because, going, conscience, ignore
You shouldn't change your behavior because a government agency somewhere is doing the wrong thing. If we sacrifice our values because we're afraid, we don't care very much about those values.
— Edward Snowden
Tags: sacrifice, government, you, change
If I had to describe myself, I wouldn't use words like 'hero.' I wouldn't use 'patriot,' and I wouldn't use 'traitor.' I'd say I'm an American and I'm a citizen, just like everyone else.
— Edward Snowden
Tags: like, words, hero, myself
No system of mass surveillance has existed in any society that we know of to this point that has not been abused.
— Edward Snowden
Tags: been, point, know, society
Suspicionless surveillance does not become okay simply because it's only victimizing 95% of the world instead of 100%.
— Edward Snowden
Tags: because, okay, only, world
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